During the regular season last year, Miami Dolphins head coach Adam Gase referred to himself, Jarvis Landry and Jay Ajayi as the three hotheads.

“It’s like a deadly combination,” Gase said to reporters days after their 16-10 victory over the Titans. “We start getting all fired up. All three of us talked about it, about how can all three of us not get as frustrated when things don’t go quite right? I need to do a better job of keeping my anger under control, and they’re trying to do the same thing.”

As it turns out, Gase was precisely right. Landry, Gase and Ajayi all couldn’t co-exist.

The Dolphins shipped Ajayi to the Eagles last Halloween while they traded Landry to the Browns in March after they couldn’t agree to a long-term contract.

In an article released by ESPN on Thursday, Landry told reporter Elizabeth Merrill that Gase and himself were “too much alike” as he would often suggest ideas to help the Dolphins win games, which appeared to rub Gase the wrong way.

“I used to talk to him about it,” Landry says. “Can I be more of a leader? Can I stay after practice more? I’m trying to literally figure out what I can do to help us win, to help him understand that he could trust me.

“He wanted me to trust him, but he really didn’t want to trust me.”

Also in the article, Landry told Merrill that Gase used to jokingly tell players in his doghouse, they better “straighten up or he’d ship him to Cleveland.” Landry said he felt like Gase traded him to the Browns for a specific reason.

“I just felt like, for some reason, Adam sent me here to die,” Landry says.

During the offseason, Landry took shots at Gase, the Dolphins and at quarterback Ryan Tannehill’s lack of leadership. He also criticized Gase’s lack of creativity, saying the head coach was pigeonholing him as just a slot receiver.

The Dolphins’ 2017 season was the year they wish they could have back. Injuries, Hurricane Irma, a player going AWOL the day before their season opener and a leaked video showing their offensive line coach snorting a white substance were just a few of the things the Dolphins endured during their 6-10 season last year.

Despite the tough season, Landry did record 112 receptions for 987 yards and nine touchdowns as he was selected to his third straight Pro Bowl appearance. While Dolphin fans haven’t been happy with Landry’s actions towards the team this summer, they could miss his production once the season begins on Sept. 9 against the Titans.

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